Match safe and lighter.



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MATCH SAFE AND LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2,1909. 9229507, Patented May 25, 1909-.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQF.

JAMES G. PORTTEUS ANI) ANSON LEROY PORTTEUS, OF MARION, INDIANA. Y

MATCH SAFE AND LIGHTER.

Application led January 2, 1909.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES G. PoR'r'rnUs and ANsoN LEROY PonTTnUs,citizens of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county ofGrant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Match Safes and Lighters, of which the following is aspecification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a combined cigar clipper, match safe, andmatch lighter as hereinafter described in the specification andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of this invention is to provide a means for clipping the endsof cigars which means when being operated to clip the end of a cigar,also operates a mechanism for automatically selecting a match from themagazine in which the matches are situated and carrying said matchupwardly, turning it to be in a vertical position to project out of thematch safe and there be retained till removed by hand. We attain thisobject by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout theseveral views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of the apparatus taken along the line11 in Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the apparatus taken alongthe line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is enlarged broken sectional view of theapparatus taken along the line 3 3 in Figs. 1 and 2 5 Fig. 4 is a detailbroken-0E portion of the match safe showing the match lighting means;and, Fig. is a detail broken inverted view of the clipping lever and aportion of the match safe taken along the line 5-5 and showing the cigarclipping means.

The inclosing case 1 of the apparatus is provided with the top coverportion 2 and the base 3. One of the side portions of the casing 2 isprovided with the hinge door 4 which is provided for the purpose ofgaining access to the interior top portion of the casing 1 and the partsof the mechanism inclosed therein.

The top cover portion 2 is provided with the match exit opening 4Lthrough which matches are removed one at a time. partition 5 extendsfrom the under side of the cover portion 2, adjacent the match exit oening 4a, to the inner bottom portion of Situated in front of thepartition 5 is the hopper 6 upon which the Specification of LettersPatent.

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Patented May .25, 1909.

Serial N0. 470,345.

matches to be used one at a time are placed, and the said hopper ishingedly connected to the interior surface of the front wall of theinclosing case 1 by the hinge 7 and supported at its opposite end by thestop 3.

The match deliverer 9 is provided with the slide-bars 10 which areadapted to fit and to slide longitudinally in the dove-tail formedgrooves 11 for-med in the face of the partition 5; the match deliverer,therefore, is maintained in sliding contact with the surface of thepartition 5 in its movement upwardly, clears the swinging end of thehopper 6, till the enlarged end portion 12 contacts 'I with the swingingend of said hopper 6 to agitate the matches resting thereon, so as tomove them in position to contact or lie lengthwise up against thepartition 5.

A notch 13 is formed in the top corner portion of the match deliverer 9,and the same is provided not only for the purpose of forming a clearancespace to clear the match lighter holder 14 but also for the purpose offorming a gripping-j aw to grip the match between the side of the notchand the groove 14a formed in the surface of the match lighter holder 14.The match deliverer 9 is adapted to descend from the top position shownin Fig. 1 in dotted lines immediate the end of the match, shownprojecting through the opening 3 of the top cover 2 of the case, whenthe match is removed. The match delivererI 9 is raised by the lever arm1 5 which lever arm is pivoted on the in 16 carried on thefulcrum-bracket 17. The ever arm 18 is spoon formed at its free end andis provided with the counter-bores 19 in which the end of a cigar may beinserted to be clipped off. The shear knife 2O is pivoted at one end onthe pin 21 secured in the fulcrum-bracket 17 and situated under the pin1 6. The shear knife 2O is formed with a shear or beveled edge at itscutting end, as shown in Fig. 5, and the said cutting end portion ofsaid knife is held in close contact with the i r bottom surface of thelever arm 19 by the re taining screw 22 'which screw extends through thelongitudinally extending slot 2 3 (see Fig. 5), and is screwed into thelever arm 20.

The match lighter holder is composed of the block 14 which is adapted toiit in the slide-way 24 formed in the partition 5, and the said block 14is slidably retained in said slideway 24 by the retaining washer 25which is held securely against said block by the securing screws 26. Oneside of the projecting end of said block 14 is provided with a groove 27CIW and the other with a tapered recess 28 as shown more particularly inFigs, 3 and l, in which latter recess is situated the match lighter 29which latter is secured in position therein by the clamp 30 secured tosaid lighter block 14 by the screw 31. The top end portion of thelighter 29 is preferably made jagged, as shown in detail Fig. 4, so thatthe head of the match in passing over the jagged end ofthe said lighterwill contact three points in succession and thereby he more readilyignited.

The lighter holder 1a is provided with the stem 32 which extends throughthe side wall of the case 1 and projects slightly beyond the outersurface thereof to contact with the spring 33. The retaining spring 33is provided to yieldingly retain sa'id block 14 in position in itsguide-way 24 to clamp the head end of the match between the groove 27 olsaid block 14 and the vertical edge of the corner recess 13 formed inthe match deliverer 9, to retain said match in a vertical position withits end projecting through the match exit opening 4a till such times asthe match is removed; it will thus be seen that if the match that mayremain retained in this position is not removed, the deliverer 9 willnot descend to its lower position to receive a match till the deliveredmatch is removed to release the deliverer 9 which on being thus releasedwill descend to its lower position.

A retaining partition 34 situated within the inelosing casing 1 extendsvertically downwardly in front of the partition 5 to almost touch thetop surface of the hopper 6 and said retaining partition is provided forthe purposer of retaining the greater number of the matches in the frontportion oi' the case 1 and prevent them from crowding up against thedeliverer 9.

The operation of this invention is as follows :-Suppose this deviceplaced on a cigar counter or situated at a place convenient to a cigarcounter. The person having a cigar and desiring to clip the end thereofapplies the end of the cigar to the counter-bore 19 and presses thecigar downwardly to move the ever arm 18 downwardly to cause thecutting-edge of the knife 20 to clip oli" the end of the cigarprojecting through the bore 19 beyond the under side of the lever 18.The downward movement of the end of the arm 18, of course, causes theupward movement ofthe end ofthe arm 15 which contacts with the lower endof the deliverer 9 to move it vertically upwardly to remove a match fromthe bunch contained in the case 1 and project the match partiallythrough the delivery opening 4a to be taken hold of by the personwishing a light. Immediately the end of the rejecting match is takenhold of and drawn ongitudinally up from between the lighter holdergroove 27 and the vertical edge ofthe notch 13. The action of drawingthe match upwardly operates to gradually release the head of the matchand in so doing permits the jagged points of the igniter to successivelycontact the head of the match to cause the latter to ignite. Immediatelythe match is released and removed the deliverer 9 descends into itslower position to receive a match on its delivering edge ready todeliver said match as before.

It will be noted that as long as a match is retained in the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, that is projected vertically throughthe match exit opening, the match deliverer 9 is held in its higherposition by the match which is pressed tightly against the vertical edgeo1 the notch 13 by the match lighter holder 141, so that as longv as thematch remains in this engaged position the match deliverer cannotdescend to receive a match from the hopper 6 till the engaged match isremoved.

Ve claim:

1. In a match safe and lighter, the cornbination with a closed casinghaving a matchexit-opening in its top portion, a partition extendingdownwardly in said casing, said partition having its to portion situatedcontiguous to said mate -exit-opening, and provided with a horizontallyextending guide-way, a match lighter, a match-lighter holder situ atedin said guide-way, of a matchdeliverer having its top corner portionnotched, guiding means for retaining said match-deliverer in slidingcontact with said vertical partition, means for moving saidmatch-deliverer toward said match-exitopening, a hopper inclosed in saidcasing and hingedly connected at one of its edges thereto, and a springfor yieldingly maintaining said lighter holder to hold a match betweenthe latter and the edge of the notched portion of said match-deliverer.

2. In a match safe and lighter, the combination with a closed casinghaving a matchexit-opening in its top portion, a partition extendingdownwardly in said casing, said partition having its top portionsituated contiguous to said match-exit-opening and provided with ahorizontally extending guide way, a match-lighter, and a match-lighterholder situated in said guide-way, oi a matchdcliverer having its topcorner portion notched, guiding means for retaining said match-delivererin sliding contact with said vertical extending partition, a leverhaving one of its arms situated under said matchdeliverer, a hopper'extending horizontally of and hingedly connected at one of its ends, tosaid casing, means for agitatingl said hopper, and a spring foryieldingly maintaining said lighter-holder in position to hold a matchbetween the latter and the edge of the notched portion of saidmatch-deliverer.

3. In a match safe and lighter, thecombination with a closed casinghaving a inatch-exit-opening in its top portion, a partition extendinghorizontally in said casing, said partition having its top portionsituated contiguous to said match-exitopening and provided with ahorizontally extending guide-way, a match lighter, and a matchlighterholder situated in said guide-way, o1c a match-deliverer having its topcorner portion notched, guiding means for retaining said match-delivererin sliding contact with said vertically extending partition, a leverpivotally connected to said casing having one ol its arms extending intosaid casing under said match deliverer and the other arm extendingoutwardly of said casing, said outer arm provided with a counter bore, aknife pivoted under said lever and having its eutting end situatedadjacent said counterbore,

I said lever arm and said knife cooperating tO l clip a cigar tip, ahopper extending horizontally in and hingedly connected at one of itsends to said casing, means for a `itating said hopper and a spring foryielding y maintaining said lighter holder in position to hold a matchbetween the latter and the edge of the notched portion of saidmatch-deliverer. In testimony whereof we affix our signatures inpresence of two witnesses. JAMES G. PORTTEUS. AN SON LEROY PGRTTEUS.Vitnesses for James G. Portteus:

N ELLIE POnTTEUs, EDNA Onis'r. Witnesses for Anson Leroy Portteus:

THOMPSON R. BELL, JESSIE THOMPSON.

